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One year on, this is how the Southport attack changed Britain
A year ago today, 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana walked into the Hart Space dance studio in Meols Cop, Southport, where 26 ...
A Year On From The Southport Riots, Is The UK Really On The Edge Of Mass Civil Disobedience?
“Just [last week] in a flagship speech on law and order, Nigel Farage pledged to ‘halve crime in five years’ yet he continues ...
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Home Secretary cracking down on violent sadists like Southport killer one year on from stabbing
The Home Secretary has said she wants to ensure the ‘system is able to respond to violent fixated individuals’.
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Southport stabbings: Remembering the innocent victims of a sadistic killer one year on
Today marks the one year anniversary of the horrific Southport stabbings in which three young girls were brutally murdered in ...
Country ‘stands together in grief’ with families of Southport victims on anniversary
In a statement shared on Tuesday morning, Sir Keir Starmer said: “One year on, the whole nation stands with the families of ...
Britain tries to tackle youth knife crime crisis
A year after one of Britain's most harrowing knife attacks, the government is urging young people to drop off bladed weapons ...
Southport, one year on: A community still in mourning – but united by grief
The quiet seaside town found itself at the centre of the nation’s attention last summer after a horrific attack took the lives of three young girls ...
On This Day: Italian King Umberto I assassinated
On 1900, Italian King Umberto I was shot to death by Gaetano Bresci, an Italian-born anarchist who resided in the United ...
Prison officers get Tasers amid 'unacceptably high' levels of violence
Tasers can be used in prisons for the first time as a trial gets underway amid "unacceptable levels of violence” in jails.
Closure of community spaces fuelled ‘tinderbox’ for far right to spark Southport riots, says report
New report says loss of shared community spaces – from youth clubs to high street pubs – is leaving communities more ...
Axel Rudakubana should have been escalated by counter terror police years before Southport attack
Axel Rudakubana's referral to counter terrorism police should have been escalated, a new review has found. Just under a year ...
Axel Rudakubana's brother Dion barred from attending part of Southport inquiry
The brother of Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana has been barred from attending part of the ongoing public inquiry following concerns expressed by the victim's families.